Day Seventeen: Shuffle iPod - First Ten Songs

Put Your iPod on Shuffle, First 10 Songs So...[this is a moment where I wish the superellipsis existed - I'd so be using it] here's where things could get embarrassing.  No,  not because I have a bunch of Backstreet Boys and Demi Lovato on my play list (although, that's true, too), but because I don't have any songs on my play list. I don't have an iPod or an iPhone anymore.  Although, that's not really relevant.  My phone (Samsung...

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Day Sixteen: Your Body

Your Opinion of Your Body and How Comfortable You Are with it Well, this prompt is a TALL order.  My body and I have worked hard over the years to develop a relationship wherein we both get along.  Oftimes this means my brain and tongue want lots of delicious, fatty foods while my body itself wants healthy, nutritious foods and exercise.  I often find myself giving into one or the other - but never really balancing the two.  However, my present weight or activity status aside, a lot changed about my relationship with my body...

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Day Fifteen: Death Row Meal

Death Row Meal To be perfectly frank, I'm a lot more concerned with what I did to end up on death row than what I am going to eat for my last meal - but, I'll do my best to set that aside for the time being. One of my favorite quotes on this topic comes from the show Raising Hope (pretty fantastic show if you haven't checked it out).  But, in the show, the main character unknowingly impregnates a serial killer.  She ends up on death row.  When he goes to visit her, the guard explains to him: "Your girlfriend's pretty clever. For...

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Day Fourteen: A Picture of You Last Year

A Picture of You Last Year - How Have You Changed Here's a pic of myself from almost exactly a year ago.  Obviously my hair color has changed as I'm currently rockin' the blonde.  This was my first attempt at shortening my hair - I ultimately cut off another couple inches and went VERY blonde a couple months after this photo. My blonde is more toned down now and my hair is actually about the same length as this photo, if not slightly...

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Day Thirteen: Goals

Goals So, this prompt has been holding me up a bit for a couple days.  A few of my personal goals these days are a little bit, well, personal, and I'd really prefer to keep them private. My other goals seem either too frivolous for a blog post or kind of serious and heavy.  So, I find myself at a bit of a loss on how to spin this post into something fascinating for you! I considered reviewing the tales of the times I scored goals as a part of my semi-pro hockey career - but then I remembered I didn't have one of those. I thought...

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Day Twelve: Something You Don't Leave the House Without

Something I Don't Leave the House Without Well, my mind immediately goes to the staples: wallet, keys, cell phone.  However, I'd be full of lies if I pretended like I didn't forget at least one of those things on a semi-regular basis.  I typically drop Will off at day care on my way to work in the mornings.  This means that, on those days, his stuff comes first.  I pack up his bag with snacks, diapers, wipes, a clean bottle, pacifier, and his blankie.  I get him dressed, his shoes, his coat.  However, this often...

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Day Eleven: A Quote You Love

A Quote I Love “I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me.” -Dudley Field Malone I think I have a problem.  I do not particularly care for confrontation, per se; I'm much more of a dispute-resolution type (can't we all just get along!).  However, I have this problem, you see, where I feel obligated to defend the underdog in pretty much any situation.  If you tell me you hate something, even...

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Day Ten: Something You're Afraid Of

Something I am afraid of Well, if you've been reading my blog for awhile, you already know I'm afraid of spiders and trampolines.  I've been thinking about this prompt since I first reviewed it after I posted Day Nine, and I won't lie, I've had a little trouble coming up with a good answer!  I'm a pretty cautious person.  I wouldn't say I'm exactly risk-averse, but I do carefully weigh all the pros and cons of an action before...

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Day Nine: A Favorite Picture of Your Best Friend

A Favorite Picture of Your Best Friend Just one?  Not possible. Mmm.  Fresh Laundry.  P.S. Check out that sweet Nokia. I'm famous for my piggy-back rides.  Clearly we still haven't grown up....

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Day Eight: A Place You've Traveled to and Where Else You'd Like to Travel

A Place I've Traveled to and Where Else I'd Like to Travel This could, honestly, end up being a really lame post.  Honestly, I'm not much of one for traveling!  My current job has given me the opportunity to travel quite a bit, but the nature of our work means I'm mostly traveling to small, Midwestern towns.  It's been a really fun experience, but I don't feel like travel is exciting or interesting, necessarily.  Trips as a kid...

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Day Seven: What Makes You Happy

What Makes Me Happy I have a little blurb on my Facebook profile that states "I love my husband, my son (1-year old), TV, movies, winter clothes (not winter weather) anything by Maroon 5, facebook-stalking, dancing in inappropriate places (i.e. the grocery store), singing in the car, Diet Mt Dew, and sunshine (that kind that warms both your body and soul)." That's a pretty good summary of what makes me happy.   A few I might add to the...

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Day Six: Pet Peeves

Pet Peeves Here are a few of my pet peeves.  I'm honestly pretty laid back about most stuff (read the last sentence of number 2), but there are a few things that get me going.  After writing this I realized most of this is applicable to the workplace as well.   1) Basic spelling and grammar errors.  The difference between "their", "they're" and "there" is extremely important.  Apostrophes have an important place and...

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Day Five: What Song Inspires You

What Song Inspires You As you may have gathered from my day three post, music has been a pretty powerful force in my life.  There have been many influential songs.  Some inspire me to let loose and have fun.   Some remind me certain times in my childhood or youth and remind me to stay young at heart.  Some remind me of the glory of God and the joy I have in Him.  Some make me cry, some make me laugh, some make me sing.  However, for this post, I think I am just going to go with the first song that I thought of when...

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Day Four: Your Parents

My Parents This is kind of a fun topic for me.  I have been blessed with some pretty amazing parents.  I'm also a pretty good mixture of the two.  I got my looks from my dad's side of the family.  I got my wit from my mom.  I got my patience from my dad.  I got my mad baking skills from my mom.  I got my work ethic from them both. I was pretty lucky as a teen.  My parents weren't super lame (which is a plus...

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Day Three: My First Love

My First Love It's interesting; I challenged my friend, Amanda to join me in my blog challenge.  She accepted (and is, thankfully, just about as far behind as I am, so I don't have to feel like too much of a punk).  The thing that is interesting, though, is that she and I both went the same direction in our minds when we read the phrase "my first love." Tales of my first romantic love don't seem fitting as my first real love came many, many years before.  I regret to say that I have lost touch with that love these days, which is...

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Day Two: Nicknames

So, day two of the challenge just says Nicknames. I like nicknames.  Kind of.  It's actually a little weird.  Since a young age I have been very insistent that my name is Amanda.  Not Mandy.  I even cried once in 2nd grade when, due the abundance of Amandas in my class, I had to be called Amanda G instead of just Amanda. However, having said that, I have always been called nicknames by my immediate family.  As a kid I was noodle (for reasons I'm not entirely sure).  As I got older, my whole fam began calling...

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